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Re: [PATCH] Fix grep -Fw '' against empty string


From: Paolo Bonzini
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix grep -Fw '' against empty string
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:05:26 +0200
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On 04/04/2010 09:33 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
Paolo Bonzini wrote:
On 04/03/2010 08:25 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
While uses like grep -Fw '' (explicit empty string) are probably very
rare, using grep -Fw -f KEYWORD_FILE with blank lines in that file is
much more plausible, and this fix would cause a big behavior change.
With the fix, grep will now match all blank lines in the input.

Shall we branch 2.6.x now?

I would like to defer the branch at least until
after the TAB->space indentation changes, so that
we don't have the hassle of merging through those.

Thinking of that, maybe it's best to defer your -Fw '' fix until
after that global change, too.

Agreed on both counts.

Paolo




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